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And yet we have pretended philanthropists and Christians who have never grasped that truth.
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Victoria C. Woodhull
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gutenberg.orgVictoria C. Woodhull: “And yet we have pretended philanthropists and Christians who have never grasped that truth.”
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This statement criticizes those who fail to understand the importance of social responsibility and empathy.
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Charity, with its long cloak of justice escaped, has long enough covered a multitude of sins.
It is in the people themselves, and in the fundamental principles upon which society is built, and those which the people allow government to be administered upon.
It will only be considered as a means to other and higher ends.
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